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Kurtosis Posts: 1150 Incept: 2007-10-30 Palo Alto, CA	How about CME? As in: Quote: Clearly, the PPT was active today. They took 1D Repos from the Fed to "jump start" the equities by buying the S&P futures (using Goldman on the CME, of course). http://www.tickerforum.org/cgi-ticker/ak.... Also, how about BIX and BKX. ---------- If somebody weighs 300lbs, the right solution is to lose weight and eat your vegetables, not to "devalue" the pound. Last modified: 2007-11-13 19:16:55 by fbg111 2007-11-13 19:09:52 Permalink
Murf Posts: 4486 Incept: 2007-08-28 MurfCon Warning Level: Arrogance II	Ha, BIOYA Cramer!! ---------- The money has already been lost. Someone has to book it. 2007-11-16 00:49:32 Permalink
Mackbane22 Posts: 61 Incept: 2007-11-17	FRN = Floating Rate Note, http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/frn..... CME = Chicago Mercantile Exchange, http://www.investopedia.com/search/resul.... Last modified: 2008-01-17 14:54:34 by mackbane22 Reason: .. 2008-01-17 14:50:29 Permalink
Adarak Posts: 5465 Incept: 2007-07-19	FRN = Federal Reserve Note 2008-01-17 23:57:38 Permalink
Bub Posts: 146 Incept: 2007-06-27 San Diego	BIX = $BIX.X = S&P Banking Index BKX = $BKX.X = KBW Bank Index ---------- "And if you are going to panic, please remember the cardinal rule: Panic before everyone else does." Mish "In military battles, even the victors have a very high casualty rate." Dr. Marc Faber 2008-01-20 20:15:33 Permalink
Bumperbear Posts: 290 Incept: 2007-11-28 annapolis,md	Thanks for the effort. Much appreciated. 2008-01-20 20:38:36 Permalink
C4talyst Posts: 2938 Incept: 2007-08-28 Northern Virginia	My fave acronym: PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card Industry Association or. People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms 2008-01-21 17:59:52 Permalink
C4talyst Posts: 2938 Incept: 2007-08-28 Northern Virginia	Would someone tell me what VIX is and perhaps add it to the acronyms list? 2008-01-23 13:25:57 Permalink
Foxymoron Posts: 10364 Incept: 2007-08-20 Banned	VIX is the CBOE Volatility Index. You can read more about it (probably more than you want to know) here: http://www.cboe.com/micro/vix/vixwhite.p.... I'll add VIX to the list when I get a few minutes... 2008-01-23 14:09:57 Permalink
Bradmwalker Posts: 234 Incept: 2008-01-20 Idaho	CIGA? ES? IB = International Banks? 2008-01-24 07:57:06 Permalink
Kurtosis Posts: 1150 Incept: 2007-10-30 Palo Alto, CA	IB = Investement Bank/ing/er ---------- If somebody weighs 300lbs, the right solution is to lose weight and eat your vegetables, not to "devalue" the pound. Last modified: 2008-01-25 13:48:54 by fbg111 2008-01-25 13:48:37 Permalink
Kurtosis Posts: 1150 Incept: 2007-10-30 Palo Alto, CA	Also, what are short straddles? Discussed here: http://www.tickerforum.org/cgi-ticker/ak.... ---------- If somebody weighs 300lbs, the right solution is to lose weight and eat your vegetables, not to "devalue" the pound. 2008-01-25 13:50:06 Permalink
Foxymoron Posts: 10364 Incept: 2007-08-20 Banned	Here's a blurb on short straddles: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/shor.... I'm not sure I want to go down the road of adding all of the flavors of multi-leg options to the glossary, even though the naming gets rather colorful and entertaining. Multi-leg options deserve their own article; they're just a little too complex for one-line descriptions (unless you really understand how they work, in which case you don't need the one-line description in the first place!) 2008-01-25 19:14:42 Permalink
Viper Posts: 1064 Incept: 2007-08-28 Madison, WI	A couple that I couldn't find on investopedia: TOMO POMO 2008-01-28 07:36:22 Permalink
Tat668 Posts: 2240 Incept: 2007-09-09	TOMO http://www.ny.frb.org/markets/omo/dmm/te.... POMO http://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/pomo/d.... ---------- "Patience grasshoppers.... but your time to eat the bugs is coming......."- KD 9-1-2009 "This marks the beginning of the end."- Barack Obama 2-26-09 2008-01-28 07:49:01 Permalink
Viper Posts: 1064 Incept: 2007-08-28 Madison, WI	Thanks Tat. I've got another one that I don't see in the list. What is TAF? Thanks! 2008-01-29 23:06:21 Permalink
Foxymoron Posts: 10364 Incept: 2007-08-20 Banned	TAF definition and link (http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypo....) added to the list. 2008-01-30 08:51:27 Permalink
4155 Posts: 1597 Incept: 2007-07-19 USA	ELA=Emergency Liquidity Assistance 2008-02-03 14:49:31 Permalink
Cecropia Posts: 42 Incept: 2007-11-02	I've seen this one in the posts lately, but it took about 20 times before anyone put a name to it. Is this even right? Anyone have a good description? SWF = Sovereign Wealth Fund 2008-02-17 21:02:07 Permalink
Tickerfan Posts: 2848 Incept: 2008-01-02	"Sticksave"? 2008-03-04 14:53:11 Permalink
Kurtosis Posts: 1150 Incept: 2007-10-30 Palo Alto, CA	Sovereign = government. More at Investopedia & Wikipedia: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/sove.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_w.... /also wondering what Sticksave is... ---------- If somebody weighs 300lbs, the right solution is to lose weight and eat your vegetables, not to "devalue" the pound. 2008-03-04 15:16:50 Permalink
Foxymoron Posts: 10364 Incept: 2007-08-20 Banned	I'll leave the gory details to one of our more fervent hockey fanatics, but "stick save" is a hockey term that refers to a desperation (or lucky) move that results in the unlikely feat of deflecting an oncoming puck with the hockey stick, as illustrated here: It is used on TickerForum to describe the just-in-time jawboning, leaks, "news" items, and other market-influencing events that appear to be perpetuated by the PTB to prop up the market. 2008-03-04 16:14:01 Permalink
Olddog Posts: 5 Incept: 2008-02-26 new jersey	I'm a newbie to the Market Ticker environment and I have been skulking around trying get the sense of the place. I hope that I'm correct in assuming that this thread is is the place to learn the terms of language of trading. I love the humor ! In the past Following Bill O'Neil's investing methods did very well. But it does not work well for me in this market. I want to give day trading a try. currently working to learn the jargon. and methodolgy 2008-03-05 19:53:17 Permalink
Olddog Posts: 5 Incept: 2008-02-26 new jersey	I'm a newbie to the Market Ticker environment and I have been skulking around trying get the sense of the place. I hope that I'm correct in assuming that this thread is is the place to learn the terms of language of trading. I love the humor ! In the past Following Bill O'Neil's investing methods did very well. But it does not work well for me in this market. I want to give day trading a try. currently working to learn the jargon. and methodolgy 2008-03-05 20:30:14 Permalink
Drjerry Posts: 584 Incept: 2007-11-06 Seattle	Hi OldDog, and (unofficial) welcome. I'm in about the same position as you. There is a lot of good advice on this forum. Read a lot, remember what you learn. May I suggest the TOS (Think or Swim) section. TOS has an option where one can do paper trades so one does not deplete ones funds whilst learning. Have a great weekend! 2008-03-14 21:16:06 Permalink

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